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System 001 Launched

System 001 Launched

by Ann U | 10.09.18 | News, Ocean, Pollution, Solutions

The first of a fleet intended to clean the ocean of plastic garbage takes to the seas.

Plastic attacks hit Swiss supermarkets (Le News)

Plastic attacks hit Swiss supermarkets (Le News)

by Ron Ockwell | 6.06.18 | Actions & initiatives, Article, Current, Environment, News, Pollution

Swiss shoppers dump plastic wrapping at supermarkets to protest excessive plastic packaging. Plastic Attacks, which began at Tesco in Keynsham near Bristol, UK, have occurred in Sion, Pully, Zurich, Bern and elsewhere…

Mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

Mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

by Ron Ockwell | 20.04.18 | Article, Current, Environment, Pollution, Solutions

Scientists have created an enzyme to degrade plastic (PET). Perhaps a hope to recycle some of the millions of tons of plastic produced annually?

Plastic is not the worst pollutant …

Plastic is not the worst pollutant …

by SW Team | 26.03.18 | Article, News, Pollution

Almost 5 billion metric tons of plastic has been dumped into the oceans of the world since we started to produce and use the stuff – that sounds bad. But if plastic’s not the worst pollutant, then what is?

Plastic in the ocean

Plastic in the ocean

by K Kenn | 13.03.18 | Current, News, Ocean, Pollution

Plastic, plastic everywhere … Soooo much plastic !
We’ve made ~8.3 billion tons of the stuff – how much is that really?

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